Always nice to receive a cd with nice artwork (picture of a wee gnome)

On first listen I wasnít all that keen Ė to be fair first listen was on the way to luton airport at about 5 in the morning after homegame. Not ideal listening conditions. However, a few listens in this throws up a couple of gentle gems. Iíd maybe even prefer to give some of this longer to settle in before posting a review but Iíve started now.

1 Itís wur Johnny Pictish greeting punters at a previous homegame. Asking for sweaty folk to stay at the back.

2 Jangly folky singalong stuff. Sounds like fleet foxes maybe? Itís ok as an intro song to get things going butÖactually, Iím maybe being a bit harsh. Itís hard not to like it really. Very American though.

3 This is one thatís taken a while to actually hear. Very slow. The vocal sounds like Barbarossa but not the instrumentation. Very nice though. It also has similar structure to some Barbarossa stuff. He was great at Homegame I thought. Not as good as Johnnie Common mind you but then that was something else altogether. Johnnie Common and Barbarossa should do one of those Ďversusí things. Anyway I quite enjoyed this one. Is it Barbarossa?

4 This one reminds me of Dutch uncles and then ithought that there might be a theme of previous fence gigs on this mix. Probably not though. I canít make up my mind about this one. Are you allowed to like something and not like it at the same time? Canít decide. The ĎWe can flyí bit is good at the end though.

5 Ah, this one. Not for me. Sorry. Maybe Iíll change my mind after some further listens but I doubt it. Too plodding too long. Sorry again

6 This is good fun though! It stands out quite a bit from previous tracks due to the big beats and female vocals. This might well have been a chart hit in the late nineties. It probably had a sunny colourful video. Hard not to click yer fingers along to this.

7 A change of style again after the big 90ís pop sing-a-long we have an old guy and his geetaar. Jesus shot him in the head yíknow. Iíve heard this before Iím sure. This one has grown on me though and I quite like it now. Simple and very effective.

8 Another one Iím sure Iíve heard before. Lady singing about how old ladies shouldnít drive nice cars. Not overly bothered about this one.

12 Now this is a bit cheesy but yíknow what? I like it. A guy telling his chick how well he knows her. Unless itís not his chick? Maybe heís stalking her? Heís doing a good job if he knows all that though. Dedication. A bit like Leonard Cohen in places this one. Good luck to this guy though, heís done his homework and I hope she appreciates that.

13 A reading of that poem thatís in all the filums Ďn that.

14 The way this starts reminds me of an old (red well??) song from the fence divorce cd. Itís not that though. It keeping with much else on this mix, this is quite slow and brooding. Another one that will maybe need more time to sink in. I hope that doesnít sound dismissive. Each song has itís own time and that.

15 More acoustic geetaar/singer stuff. I like this one. Again, fairly simple set up but very well delivered. Every so often the singerís voice rattles the speakers giving it a home recorded feel. Not much to say about this really. Just a good song well sung. Nice one.

16 Same as above but more of a sinister tone. Nice line about following the blues back to you.

17 The last three songs are all in a similar place. Wait a minute, are we in Nick Harper territory? Not sure. Anyway, enjoyed this one as well.

So, aye. Some stuff I really enjoyed and some stuff that Iíll probably not be all that bothered about hearing again. The usual! Iíd like to know more about 3, 7, 9, 12 and the last three though.

Always nice to receive a cd with nice artwork (picture of a wee gnome)

On first listen I wasnít all that keen Ė to be fair first listen was on the way to luton airport at about 5 in the morning after homegame. Not ideal listening conditions. However, a few listens in this throws up a couple of gentle gems. Iíd maybe even prefer to give some of this longer to settle in before posting a review but Iíve started now.

1 Itís wur Johnny Pictish greeting punters at a previous homegame. Asking for sweaty folk to stay at the back.

2 Jangly folky singalong stuff. Sounds like fleet foxes maybe? Itís ok as an intro song to get things going butÖactually, Iím maybe being a bit harsh. Itís hard not to like it really. Very American though.

3 This is one thatís taken a while to actually hear. Very slow. The vocal sounds like Barbarossa but not the instrumentation. Very nice though. It also has similar structure to some Barbarossa stuff. He was great at Homegame I thought. Not as good as Johnnie Common mind you but then that was something else altogether. Johnnie Common and Barbarossa should do one of those Ďversusí things. Anyway I quite enjoyed this one. Is it Barbarossa?

4 This one reminds me of Dutch uncles and then ithought that there might be a theme of previous fence gigs on this mix. Probably not though. I canít make up my mind about this one. Are you allowed to like something and not like it at the same time? Canít decide. The ĎWe can flyí bit is good at the end though.

5 Ah, this one. Not for me. Sorry. Maybe Iíll change my mind after some further listens but I doubt it. Too plodding too long. Sorry again

6 This is good fun though! It stands out quite a bit from previous tracks due to the big beats and female vocals. This might well have been a chart hit in the late nineties. It probably had a sunny colourful video. Hard not to click yer fingers along to this.

7 A change of style again after the big 90ís pop sing-a-long we have an old guy and his geetaar. Jesus shot him in the head yíknow. Iíve heard this before Iím sure. This one has grown on me though and I quite like it now. Simple and very effective.

8 Another one Iím sure Iíve heard before. Lady singing about how old ladies shouldnít drive nice cars. Not overly bothered about this one.

12 Now this is a bit cheesy but yíknow what? I like it. A guy telling his chick how well he knows her. Unless itís not his chick? Maybe heís stalking her? Heís doing a good job if he knows all that though. Dedication. A bit like Leonard Cohen in places this one. Good luck to this guy though, heís done his homework and I hope she appreciates that.

13 A reading of that poem thatís in all the filums Ďn that.

14 The way this starts reminds me of an old (red well??) song from the fence divorce cd. Itís not that though. It keeping with much else on this mix, this is quite slow and brooding. Another one that will maybe need more time to sink in. I hope that doesnít sound dismissive. Each song has itís own time and that.

15 More acoustic geetaar/singer stuff. I like this one. Again, fairly simple set up but very well delivered. Every so often the singerís voice rattles the speakers giving it a home recorded feel. Not much to say about this really. Just a good song well sung. Nice one.

16 Same as above but more of a sinister tone. Nice line about following the blues back to you.

17 The last three songs are all in a similar place. Wait a minute, are we in Nick Harper territory? Not sure. Anyway, enjoyed this one as well.

So, aye. Some stuff I really enjoyed and some stuff that Iíll probably not be all that bothered about hearing again. The usual! Iíd like to know more about 3, 7, 9, 12 and the last three though.

Thanks again for the cd Ė and thanks to Hallav for setting it up.

Thanks for the review young man! Looks like you got mine - the only theme was 'if you don't like this song don't worry because the next one will be quite different'.

1 Itís wur Johnny Pictish greeting punters at a previous homegame. Asking for sweaty folk to stay at the back.
I liked the idea of being welcomed into a CD and being asked to move forward (as long as you weren't sweaty)

2 Jangly folky singalong stuff. Sounds like fleet foxes maybe? Itís ok as an intro song to get things going butÖactually, Iím maybe being a bit harsh. Itís hard not to like it really. Very American though.
Lord Huron from the album the Fleet Foxes perhaps should have made after their first one.

3 This is one thatís taken a while to actually hear. Very slow. The vocal sounds like Barbarossa but not the instrumentation. Very nice though. Is it Barbarossa?
Nope. It's Port St Willow from Portland. Glad you like it http://music.portstwillow.com/

4 This one reminds me of Dutch uncles and then ithought that there might be a theme of previous fence gigs on this mix. Probably not though. I canít make up my mind about this one. Are you allowed to like something and not like it at the same time? Canít decide. The ĎWe can flyí bit is good at the end though.
Discovered via the Daniel Kitson Resonance FM shows - it's an Australian band called Cloud Control.
http://www.cloudcontrolband.com/
5 Ah, this one. Not for me. Sorry. Maybe Iíll change my mind after some further listens but I doubt it. Too plodding too long. Sorry again
John Cale! I thought this was the only decent track from his last album. Probably best you don't explore the remainder of it

6 This is good fun though! It stands out quite a bit from previous tracks due to the big beats and female vocals. This might well have been a chart hit in the late nineties. It probably had a sunny colourful video. Hard not to click yer fingers along to this.
Another DK RFM discovery for me - it's Sleigh Bells and the video (the bit with the switchblade....eek) is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmFgejWZjtg

7 A change of style again after the big 90ís pop sing-a-long we have an old guy and his geetaar. Jesus shot him in the head yíknow. Iíve heard this before Iím sure. This one has grown on me though and I quite like it now. Simple and very effective.
Ah good! Welcome to the '70s country folk with hints of rustic psychedelia and spiritual malaise of Hiss Golden Messenger.

9 Lovely dreamy whispery start to this. Wee bit of soaring guitar and gentle introduction of percussion. Nicely done. Liking this a lot.
Erika M. Anderson, an American singer and songwriter from South Dakota.
http://cameouttanowhere.com/

10 Another jump back to the late 90ís? This doesnít sound a million miles away from Sinead OíConner. Maybe not though. This is ok Ė aye no bad at all really. Love the rasping funky horn outro as well
Barbarossa supported Polica recently Another DK RFM discovery for me.
http://www.thisispolica.com/

11 Something about this guys voice Iím not keen on. Nah, sorry. Not my thing.
Yes he's not got much of a career ahead of him.......
It's Bowie from the unreleased 'Toy' album, actually a cover of one of his sixties songs.
http://www.illustrated-db-discography.nl/Toy.htm

12 Now this is a bit cheesy but yíknow what? I like it. A guy telling his chick how well he knows her. Unless itís not his chick? Maybe heís stalking her? Heís doing a good job if he knows all that though. Dedication. A bit like Leonard Cohen in places this one. Good luck to this guy though, heís done his homework and I hope she appreciates that.
Well done! It's his son Adam "I've seen you with nothing on but the radio"
http://adamcohen.com/

13 A reading of that poem thatís in all the filums Ďn that.
Aye. Your dad knows this bloke from Uni.

14 The way this starts reminds me of an old (red well??) song from the fence divorce cd. Itís not that though. It keeping with much else on this mix, this is quite slow and brooding. Another one that will maybe need more time to sink in. I hope that doesnít sound dismissive. Each song has itís own time and that.
Dakota Suite - the new album is very good if you like slow and brooding.
http://www.dakotasuite.com/www.dakotasuite.com/home.html

I havent forgotten to review mine, just been very busy and havent had time to give the CD my full attention yet.

Been listening in the car and so far so good. Problem is I put it on my ipod but cant find the tracks together so cant listen to them in one hit in the right order whilst I'm working, which is what I really want to do Will review it, promise...

the one i didnt like had a picture of the anster chip shop on the front
fess up mixer!

oh dear, well that was me
but in my defence it was actually put together by Mr D on my behalf rather than by myself and I have no idea what was on it!
you can always send it back to me if you like - I will put it in the mix for the next exchange and see if someone else likes anything on it!
Mr D will be gutted it was a flop, dont know how I'm going to tell him....